From 9e142fbe1e25a817fc56fa2174a9956919a154ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stewart Allen <stewart.allen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:42:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add linux electron flags to be more permissive with graphics
 cards

---
 app-el.js | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app-el.js b/app-el.js
index d1d349b0..48c893ad 100644
--- a/app-el.js
+++ b/app-el.js
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ const devel = process.argv.slice(2).map(v => v.replaceAll('-', '')).indexOf('dev
 
 process.env.ELECTRON_DISABLE_SECURITY_WARNINGS = true;
 
+// Enable GPU/graphics acceleration for Linux (addresses WebGL issues)
+// Equivalent to Chrome flags that fixed the rendering in Chrome browser
+if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+    // CRITICAL: Override GPU blocklist - allows hardware acceleration on blocked GPUs
+    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('ignore-gpu-blocklist');
+
+    // Enable WebGL draft extensions (improves WebGL compatibility)
+    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('enable-webgl-draft-extensions');
+
+    // Force GPU acceleration for 2D/3D rendering
+    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('enable-gpu-rasterization');
+
+    // Optional: Try Vulkan if available (Chromium auto-falls back to OpenGL if not)
+    // Uncomment if you need Vulkan specifically, but most systems work without it:
+    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('enable-features', 'Vulkan');
+}
+
 server({
     port: 5309,
     apps: basDir,